The Relto Bookshelf

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Does it not concern folks that even after 3 installments (URU: Ages Beyond
Myst, to D'ni & Path of the Shell)), the bookshelf in Relto will probably
still be mostly empty?

A rudimentary 'age-editor' might go some way toward letting us have our own
fun and releasing our own Ages onto the web.

Unfortunately, I can imagine the file sizes would be phenomenally huge for
those of us on Dial-Up!

 

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Kroagnon wrote:
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> Does it not concern folks that even after 3 installments (URU: Ages Beyond
> Myst, to D'ni & Path of the Shell)), the bookshelf in Relto will probably
> still be mostly empty?

Well, the original idea was that they would release new Ages to the
online game every month or so, so there was lots of room left for that
purpose. Now that the online side has been scrapped, there's room for
plenty of offline expansions (at least some of which will hopefully be
free downloads.)

> A rudimentary 'age-editor' might go some way toward letting us have our own
> fun and releasing our own Ages onto the web.

An Age Editor would be phenomenally cool but I don't see how they
could do that and hold up the same caliber of graphics they have pushed
for throughout Myst's history.

> Unfortunately, I can imagine the file sizes would be phenomenally huge for
> those of us on Dial-Up!

And then there's that.

 

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"Stephen Williams" <steve1.williams@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> Kroagnon wrote:
> >
> > A rudimentary 'age-editor' might go some way toward letting us have our
own
> > fun and releasing our own Ages onto the web.
>
> An Age Editor would be phenomenally cool but I don't see how they
> could do that and hold up the same caliber of graphics they have pushed
> for throughout Myst's history.
>
> > Unfortunately, I can imagine the file sizes would be phenomenally huge
for
> > those of us on Dial-Up!
>
> And then there's that.

It was the graphics aspect that I was thinking would push the file-size up.

Unless we were to make do with low-res graphics from a Age-editor and make
do we'd be OK.

Then the official Ages would instantly be recognisable due to their far
superior graphics!

 

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Kroagnon wrote:
>
> "Stephen Williams" <steve1.williams@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:408160BA.D7D59B51@sympatico.ca...
> > Kroagnon wrote:
> > >
> > > A rudimentary 'age-editor' might go some way toward letting us have our
> own
> > > fun and releasing our own Ages onto the web.
> >
> > An Age Editor would be phenomenally cool but I don't see how they
> > could do that and hold up the same caliber of graphics they have pushed
> > for throughout Myst's history.
> >
> > > Unfortunately, I can imagine the file sizes would be phenomenally huge
> for
> > > those of us on Dial-Up!
> >
> > And then there's that.
>
> It was the graphics aspect that I was thinking would push the file-size up.

Yes it would, but I was referring more to the technical aspect of
making a user interface that could generate worlds like those seen in
the Myst games. Making worlds with that level of detail is not easy.
Making a program that could create those worlds in a drag and drop
interface like the level editors in most other games would be a damn
tricky feat, I should imagine.

 

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"Stephen Williams" <steve1.williams@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> Yes it would, but I was referring more to the technical aspect of
> making a user interface that could generate worlds like those seen in
> the Myst games. Making worlds with that level of detail is not easy.
> Making a program that could create those worlds in a drag and drop
> interface like the level editors in most other games would be a damn
> tricky feat, I should imagine.

You're probably right.

But still, it's a nice dream - to have an editor for creating your own Ages.